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Hurricanes and water wars threaten the Gulf Coast's new high-end oyster industry

  • Written by Daniel R. Petrolia, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University
Gulf Coast oysters on the half shell at Wintzell's, Mobile, Ala. donireewalker, CC BY

For Cainnon Gregg, 2018 started out as a great year. After leaving his job as an installation artist to become a full-time oyster farmer in Wakulla County, Florida in 2017, Gregg began raising small oysters in baskets or bags suspended in the shallow, productive...

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